Intro

**rscoffee** · 16th July 2012 12:27

My name is Robert Coffee and I signed up today. I have lived in Thailand for the past 7 years and I currently live in Phrae. I am retired from the US Navy Submarine Service and I currently work as a Field Service Engineer for a large US Engineering firm. For the past 3 months I have been volunteering as an English Teacher at the local school in my sub-district and teach P1 thru 6 amd M1 thru 3. I find this enjoyable and rewarding and I am currently considering pursuing this as a career upon retirement or sooner.

**Guy Mandude** · 16th July 2012 13:37

Welcome aboard Coffee. Point Loma?

**samsara** · 16th July 2012 13:42

phrae? are you in the town itself or outside?

**Umbuku** · 16th July 2012 14:34

Welcome to the board.

**rscoffee** · 16th July 2012 14:41

Pearl Harbor my whole career.

---Update---

Outside of Phrae the village is named Ban Wiang, near Ban Oi. Know of it?

**Guy Mandude** · 16th July 2012 14:51

Now you are a teaching volunteer. Has your school offered you employment for pay?

Please feel free to ask questions about teaching in Thailand. I haven't been to Phrae but other forum members may know about your province/amphur.

**samsara** · 16th July 2012 14:57

Originally Posted by rscoffee

Outside of Phrae the village is named Ban Wiang, near Ban Oi. Know of it?

never ventured that far north on 101. my gf is from wang chin, direct opposite side of the province from you. you bike?

**rscoffee** · 16th July 2012 15:23

Well Kinda, I have a Honda Phantom I scoot around on

---Update---

The short answer is yes. Processed the paperwork to the Phrae Education Office and they have accepted me as a teacher and say that I am eledgible for 10K/month. They are having their Tra-annual Inspection from some outside government agency out of Lampang (best I could get out of them). The next step is to process the paperwork for my work permit. Next week I guess. When I first started I wasn't too concerned about the money. But now that I'm thinking about doing this for a career I have developed a keener interest.

---Update---

The short answer is yes. Processed the paperwork to the Phrae Education Office and they have accepted me as a teacher and say that I am eledgible for 10K/month. They are having their Tra-annual Inspection from some outside government agency out of Lampang (best I could get out of them). The next step is to process the paperwork for my work permit. Next week I guess. When I first started I wasn't too concerned about the money. But now that I'm thinking about doing this for a career I have developed a keener interest.

**Stamp** · 16th July 2012 16:32

Originally Posted by rscoffee

The short answer is yes. Processed the paperwork to the Phrae Education Office and they have accepted me as a teacher and say that I am eledgible for 10K/month.

I heard that the 10,000 THB subsidy scheme will end by September 2012.

Originally Posted by rscoffee

But now that I'm thinking about doing this for a career I have developed a keener interest.

Best of luck.

**rscoffee** · 17th July 2012 08:44

Haven't received a penny yet so it won't be too hard to swallow, LOL!

**jonny danger** · 17th July 2012 08:59

Glad to hear you have a good sense of helping behavior. Can't speak for everyone here but if you need some help getting on with it please post any challenges and do expect helpful replies.

**rscoffee** · 17th July 2012 11:59

Thanks a bunch

**cluezo** · 18th July 2012 11:44

Originally Posted by rscoffee

Well Kinda, I have a Honda Phantom I scoot around on

Good enough for me ... welcome to the forum. Lets green you up ...

**rscoffee** · 26th September 2012 13:38

Just a quick update here. I was able to procure my Type B Non Immigration Visa. I recently had my teachers' licence approved by the Teachers Council in Bangkok and I should have it posted/mailed to me in about 3 weeks. Once I have the licence in hand then the work permit is just a paper work shuffle in the city where I live. So all is good, not easy, but good.